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Thank you for your interest in my photos. All images are available as prints. Look for the BUY button in bottom right of the picture.

The Sweet Simple Things Collection is part of my growing Distressed Collection of prints.

The wall art in the Simple Things Collection boils down to words that were best spoken by Laura Ingalls Wilder – It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

The distressed print collection has my shabby-chic, country and cottage style home decor friends in mind.

Shabby chic furnishings are often heavily painted through the years, with many layers showing obviously time-worn areas.

The style is imitated in faux painting using glaze or by painting then rubbing and sanding away the top coat to show the wood or base coats, known as “distressing” the finish of the furniture. The photography prints are created using the same manner

It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

– Laura Ingalls Wilder

Simple Things Birdhouse

Stroke of Luck

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

--Dalai Lama

Announce Your Place in the Family of Things

“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting –
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
― Mary Oliver

― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

You Can Learn From Birds

“God has provided food for every bird, but He doesn't throw it in their nests”

― Mizan Chaudhury

Steer Yourself in the Right Direction (Vertical)

The Passing Days

“Most people lose the only thing they possess—Life—while acquiring the many things that will finally never be theirs.”

― RVM

Leave No Path Untaken

Kiss a lover
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure...

Face your life
Its pain,
Its pleasure,
Leave no path untaken.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

My Heart is Set on Pursuing Real Treasures

“If my heart is set on pursuing real treasures, my mind must be fixed solely on the privilege of enjoying them and freed of the obsession of owning them.”

― Craig D. Lounsbrough

The Secret of Luck

The secret to luck is learning to make your own luck.

Equestrian Tails

We ride to fly, to feel, to touch, to breath, to laugh, to soar, to overcome, to relax, to prove, to belong, to feel strong, to heal, to love, to be loved back. We ride to live

Fields of Plenty Harvest Time

Field's of Plenty

Fields of Plenty Bountiful Grains

Tranquility is a Choice

“Tranquility is a Choice. So is Anxiety. The entire world around us may be in Turmoil. But if we want to be Peaceful within, WE CAN.”

― RVM

Peace at the Ocean

Limitless and Immortal

"Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth."

— Heinrich Zimmer, Historian

Mastering Change

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

You can purchase this photo as a print, canvas, metal, acrylic, or on wood. I also carry postcards, greeting cards, coffee mugs, magnets and additional gifts.

You can see and order all the designs by clicking the buy button in the lower right corner of the photo.

Please note, all my photos displayed online are watermarked. Some look heavier than others depending on the background.

When you receive your photo purchase, your photo will not contain this marking.

Steer Yourself in the Right Direction

Beware of those who steer you away from your heart’s true happiness. It would make them happy to see you steer yourself right next to them, sitting with both your hearts bitter.”

― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Atlantic Ghost Crab

“The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Simple Treasures

Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature's simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.

Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

We Live by the Currents

At the beach, life is different. Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun.

Sandy Gingras

The Tillage Begins

Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.
- Daniel Webster

As You Sow, So Shall You Reap

Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, ‘Grow — grow!’

Ultimate Goal

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” – Masanobu Fukuoka

Strength Is Always Present

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Become Part of the Silence

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.”
― Robert Lynd

Windows of Opportunity

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.

--Marsha Sinetar

Window to the Soul

“When you can share the lessons you learnt through tears and heartache and others find life in it and are better off for it, then beauty has come out of those ashes.”

― TemitOpe Ibrahim

Are You Bold Enough To Knock?

The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock.

--Tony Gaskins

Knocking At Your Door.

I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we're all teachers - if we're willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door.

-- Marla Gibbs

The Hidden Path Behind the Door

“Flow with the go! If you want to experience the magnificence of the Universe in your life accept where you are, own it, take responsibility for it.

Then release the old hurt, guilt, wrongs, mistakes as well as your future worries and stress.

Finally in learning to be grateful, you will attract the love, light, prosperity and abundance that you seek and deserve.

By emptying your cup, you will prepare your vessel to be truly filled with the treasures that were prepared for you before you were born.